The Kansas City Council is condemning a neo-Nazi rally planned for early November on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse.

The council passed a resolution blasting the planned gathering of the National Socialist movement on Nov. 9. The resolution said the council was unanimous in opposing the "racist and anti-Semitic beliefs of the neo-Nazis.

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It also encouraged Kansas Citians to morally confront those beliefs through words and actions, but not try to physically confront the group.

City Councilman John Sharp said he thinks the rally might draw a crowd.

"We're hopeful that persons who value human rights will have a rally, but away from theirs, without a confrontation of the two groups," Sharp said. "But there may well be some protesters there."

Sharp said he spoke to the Kansas City Police Board about the event and said police were already aware of it.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nation groups may also join the rally.